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FILE NAME: Early Asbestos Damage Suits (EADS) DATE: 1932-1934 DOC#: EADS018 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Documents from Case of Matius Grabow J * /' : C*< ** * `M>3 vi . . i' /. * % t * i. r. -\tWt * * Viri V. *r i " v . `- ,n , v.ir,.--s .xrd l NEW JE R SE Y SUPREME-COURT *r.S01ERSET COUNTY. fr .tp r ' - *Vf name. :' ! * ' ' - I-IATIUS GRABOW, >r r if ` s " ' ` ` .v v ' , ' :i v fia .n o t inform ed: ox .w arned'.by.'bp;:;.,. P la in tiff, -* - ' ` ,, . . 1 :i;.d iw i no kriftvrlod.v o f *>* - r t:-e n a i f . . \: ACTION A T . L A W r . i ^ .... . . . . . . /-.j f j f . - v ? ?itvd -p^rt* ' ' I n '.v i'h .w hich h e w&6 JOHlTS-LCAlTVIIxLE CORPORATION, ' ? C O M P L A I N T V - - ' ; : ::')<} a '- c o r p b r a t io n o 0 f3 t h e r S .t A t e t y and c o n ta o t-h y ^ th e ;, d e f end an ** * -r-'* o f liev/ Y o r k , 2 >i s - g 1 '< . D efendant. * .*' * **i - * - 6 . The ncrJLif.ence o f ` the d s f e n d a r .t'c o n p l.a in e d ftf, . 1 { follW T- /r \ ?.. :'p.j : ?:?* v I f ; i i"5 .M The .p l a i n 1 1 f f *:v re 8i d i n g - . e 'e to p r e s id e th e . atuM anv i 11e ykNew J e r s e y , s a y s ( t h a t s - ' .Lurf to :i :*e r e a s o n a b le c a r e to nroYid*.- th e n ] n j r ' : ; - r>p , : r ;* r r'li r.r*:'4^ r r !r!. a r ' I . ' - . The p l a i n t i f f was in th e em ploy o f th e d e fe n d a n t c o r p o r a tio n . a t ; i t 9 p l a n t - a t ^ lia n v ille , ;Neir J e r s e y H n th e j. - *. '.* ** - ** 5 * *- < * **: **I ft!** # I month o f A p r i l , 1932, and f o r a lo n g tim e p r io r t h e r e t o . ; - - - . - - * . -** *- . - -*' * r q * * ri ** * r?t; > - 2 . t T h e -d e f endan tr .c o r p o r a t io n a t'. t h e :. t im e i- h e r e in : s e t c i* j v o r k ".`i In tho r :.J. i a s b e a '.o s f id e r b -.no .: : f o r t h , was engaged .in ^ th e m a n u fa c tu re io f a s b e s to s prod - ' * \ - ( u c t s f o r com m ercial p u rp o ses. * :*' '* 1 * . ^ ^ f l" '.i-rt ' ; ~ *.*-yi. f '] ~ T 3 , The said d e fe n d a n t employed th e p l a i n t i f f a t th e ?r- ; I. , r*r* ^r'!"' a ' *:' ; %ly`" hv* \*l-i time and p la c e above s e t fo r t h in i t s m anufacture o f sa id = .5 ; f *. -1 *.)v i n -2d , a s b e s to s p ro d u c ts , and th a t the said d efen d an t not o n ly i ** * * ' -rSy kney/, b u t should have known th a t the sa id a s b e sto s * - r- * * ,, i t * * i . ->, T *. # '.3 -. p ro d u cts con tain ed c e r t a in dan gero u s, in B id io u e and harm- ' ** <*r> . i ' ' *; /** * f t7 f. y ;* \~f^ f u l a g e n c ie s composed o f a s b e s to s f i b e r s and o th e r p a r t i c l e s th a t were d e s t r u c t iv e to l i f e and h e a lth in the human ,. * r body, when brought in to d s e c o n ta c t w ith the same. . * * * . ' . ' ' * - , t** ; '*** r. ~ i 1 \*"* 4 . The d efen d an t not o n ly knew, but should have known . - . . . r ; r i i f 'i; f! "al. und the dangerous nature o f the sa id a s b e s to s f i b e r s and * ar* r*f'y*.***.*' : :* 11f; ? o p a r t i c l e s and f a i le d to keep the same in c o n t r o l , but *. . * -* * ? (r4 1 | r, ;*)\ . * ' v ii^ ^ i , * <* 4-v, dangerous f ib e r s and fe-ii * ' -*'** o l r , - . dangerous f ib e r s and p a r t i c l e s to the e x te n t th a t h is ,V b r o n c h ia l tubes,* lungsuandrbadyibecam e3P$rmeatedaQdr4 n - . fe tte d 'r^ith f*th e same^ody, he r i l l be-caused' t&: s u f f e r . 30 3 0 5 ; , T h e -p la in tiffd w a s g n o tt i n f orm edtortw arnegobyc^SO O . ' > defen dan t and had no knowledge o f the n a t u r e .o f the sa id T:vl :-U\.7'.'` TTT dr-.indn the orn 'f $3 (Y*. O-O. :'C ,--3 dadages dangerous a sb e sto s f ib e r s and p a r t i c l e s w ith which he was '`ro '.i t ) e doJ on**un brought in to c lo se proximity^.and, con tactsby^ th eb d efen d an tfsW - * - " * ` *' ^ ( n e g lig e n c e . 6 . The n e g lig e n ce o f th e ,.d e f endantfLcpinplaiinedf o f , . is as fo llo w s:;x- (a) In f a ili n g to use reasonable care to provide fh e p la in t iff w ith a reasonably safe place of work. " '" 1 f l ? .-> >> T-*1? t- t hi n (b) In f a i li n g to use reasonable care to provide the t p l a i n t i f f with proper'm askaror'.other.^appliances or -.safe guards in said work. (c) In f a ili n g to use reasonable care to provide a p rop er v e n t ila t in g system a t i t s p l a n t , r-hor i f f (d) In f a i l i n g to use r e a s o n a b le 'c a r e 't o - g iv e Tp rop er w a rn in g , in fo rm a tio n and knowledge about the dangerous ch a ra cte r o f i t s work w ith the said a sb e sto s -.fibers and p a r t ic le s , to the said p l a i n t i f f , a t the time an d 'p la ce above ment xoned . * % *; ^hi i ri ,****.jp*-'-1 'i p, -n----jX - j ; 1 7 , xhe s a id 'a s b e s t o s f ib e r s and . p a r t i c l e s ,w ere 0 introduced in to the p l a i n t i f f f s .body at-th^e -tim e. an d ,.p lace a fo r e s a id , so th a t the p l a i n t i f f was perm anently in ju r e d , e x t e r n a lly and i n t e r n a l l y , in and a b o u t, h i s - h e a d ,body and lim b s , ca u sin g the p l a i n t i f f g r e a t p a in and s u f f e r i n g , both m ental and p h y s ic a l, g r e a t ly lowered h is power o f : * *c *n 1 " . ' * - ' * - r e s is ta n c e to d is e a s e , and he became a v ic tim o f p u l monary d is e a s e s , and th ereb y s e r io u s ly cut;- o f f the span and d u ra tio n o f h is l i f e , and t h a t by reason o f th e lo s s - v Hfafinw. of his physical and e f f o r t to r e ta r d the s u f f e r in g from h is d is e a s e and mend )' th e w recking o f h i s "body, he w i l l he caused, to s u f f e r ( V j l o s s e s , expenses and damages to the e x te n t o f $ 1 0 0 , 000. 0 0 . " ; THE P IA IH T Il'P demands th e sum: o f $10 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 as damages..- from the defendaanntt., '*-'v v* - 1** !,L*( J-v \ i *! * * * * / * tj --. * . 1**^ *j . i"-1V v J; - . t ,, r .if 0 V* 'vpv*"?*^?*"*''Is!* 'v': i < ) / ; :.* va\ . ;ti t' :j --j Samuel Greenstone ' , . i* V , *\ ; %J .Attorney fo r P la i n t i f f .' l;.1' < .r.t .*;; f >. . i . h- 1 > ; ' I V . ; . NDORSEM53TS V ^ -23^ I* * i % - . i`* i .. . I hereby d e p u tiz e Remsen Howardh t o .s e r v e th e w ith in w r it W itness my.band and 9e a l t h is 5th day o f May 1932. ` * . ' 1 * I . \ -- Wm R. S h e r i f f , . " S h e r i f f ' '' V . , By E llsw o rth Rrokaw, .... Under S h e r i f f .' . "'K* May 5 , 1932. I served th e w ith in summons and co m p lain t upon . the Johns - B an ville Corporation a corporation of the S ta te o f Hew Y o rk , by s e rv in g A. R . ^ is h e r ~ lant manager p e r s o n a lly nt B a n v ille , l .J . Fe>s 3.^8 V/m. R . Sut oh en S h e riff of Somerset County h'T Remsen Howard . S p e c ia l Deputy S h e r iff 1 * * - * ' * - *. I * . . . 1* 1( I h" M J 4 U I f i ^J n KATIUS GRABOW, P la in tiff* . -Y 3-- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT- DISTRICT OP. NEWo:J. EIRLSEY ' '*v- -* *i*s*+' . . * : :*.<j . known, , ` ,v /r\*4 /? rr* * , ,* - 1 *; i. * A c t io n a t La.w i. : * i * *** ^* ir: JOHNS-IlANYILLE CORPORATION, S a corporation of the State o f Hew Y o r k , .s D e fen d an t. * ANSWER' -- --------------- .... -: v/ irlM -V w t ^ , ., . ^ a i , ^ \ > ' V . i l t . i ' ^ L L r . - . A I U m ^ h fr i i - j U J u i S ,- D e fe n d a n t, JOHHS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, a corporation of the S ta te o f New Y o r k , h a v in g its principal office in New J e r s e y , at Yanville, Som erset County, sayB t h a t: FIRST DEFENSE 1. I t denies paragraph 1, except that it says that the p l a i n t i f f was in i t s employ a t i t s p la n t a t l i a n v i l le , N. J . from December 28, 1926, to A p ril 8 , 1932. 2* I t d e n ie s paragraph 2 , excep t th a t i t says th a t i t v/as and has been engaged in the m anufacture o f asb esto s products fo r com m ercial purposes from December 28, 1926, to the present tim e. 3. It denies paragraph 3 , except that i t says that i t employed the p l a i n t i f f a t i t s p la n t a t li a n v ille , N . J . , from December 28, 1926, to A p r il 8 , 1932. 4 . I t d e n ie s p aragrap h s 4 , 5 , 6 and 7* SECOND DEFENSE The in ju r y and the d is e a s e a lle g e d in the com plaint were due to one o f th e r is k s o f h is employment assumed by -- ' ---- A ~.T f the p l a i n t i f f as* p a r t o f the terms o f h ia . c o n t r a c t .. ** *.: v-i ,v * ' ' . o f employment in t h a t th e p l a i n t i f f -knew', or by .-the ..exercise^ o f rea so n a b le ca re on h i s p a rt should a lle g e d dangers o f h is employment . .. .. .. ... K 5 , - FOURTH DEFENSE / ' ' - The in ju r y ani..d... ..t..h...e......d.. is e a, s e ` a lle g e d :in>/t'h e c; ompAla--i-n. tJ-fc'^.V/&i.i-V'* * * * * * f, ^ \ * 1 were caused by coann tr ib u to r y n e g lig e n c e on 'V the p art ..o f ` thenitCV Lf.- -..r p la in tiff. ' ' *- - - .* . r. , *.? v. .. .i-*-. *..- /: < * l* ,' Vi"V?' t - . ::v.*. ...:........... FIFTH DEFENSE * 1 - . - . ' * '*f*' ,r r 11 .v-`'V *. The in ju r y and the d is e a s e a lle g e d . in the .com plaint sS! were caused by c o n tr ib u to r y n e g lig e n c e on the p a rt' o f t h e ';:- p l a i n t i f f in th a t the p l a i n t i f f .f a i l e d to e x e r c is e ' reason--" ;`13S able care to p ro tect h im se lf a g a in st the a lle g e d dangers of a h is employment by u s in g the mask and o th e r a p p lia n c e s p r o - '/ -> * <f vided by the defendant fo r th at purpose. ? SIXTH DEFENSE- The in ju r y and the d is e a s e a lle g e d in the complaint^' ~ /? were due to n e g lig e n c e on the p a rt o f a fe llo w -s e r v a n t o f t the p l a i n t i f f , in f a i l i n g to warn and in s t r u c t the p l a i n t i f f to use the mask and o th e r a p p lia n c e s provided by the d efen d *->nJ ' ant fo r the purpose o f p ro te ctin g the p la in t i f f again st r.O U the a lle g e d dangers o f h is employment. SEVENTH DEFENSE '1 P l a i n t i f f ' s a c tio n i s barred because i t was not ,' V commenced and in s t it u t e d w ith in two y e a rs next a f t e r the alleged cause of actioh accrued. \\ Attorneys fo r Defendant. t UNITED STATES DISTRICT DISTRICT OF IISV/ JERSEY O lU `t KATIUS GRABOW Plaintiff vs. JOHHS-HANVILLE CORPORATION, a corporation o f the State o f New Y o rk , Defendant Action at Law. ORDER FOR DISCOjY T IX U A X O E . ^3/0/ The above entitled cause Juiving been settled between the parties thereto; I t is O R D E R E D , that the same be, and- it is hereby discontinued$ without cosi^fo either party as against the other. * Entered June 13, JO 34 On motion o f ~ V J}^ L--v*-- {Ls't--', Attorneys of defendant Consent is hereby given to the making and entering of the above order.